“…In addition, it has reported that AMPK activation promotes the entry of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) into the nucleus, up-regulates the expressions of antioxidant factors such as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD (P) H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO-1), thus exerting the effect of antioxidant stress (Ni, Shen et al, 2019;Yamakage, Tanaka et al, 2020). Notably, the injury of renal tubular epithelial cells induced by releasing of in ammatory mediators and oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of hypertensive nephropathy (Ding, Zhou et al, 2019;Zhang, Cheng et al, 2020). Moreover, a study shown that FGF21 prevented type 2 diabetic-induced cardiomyopathy through activation of AMPK-mediated antioxidation and lipid-lowering effects (Yang, Feng et al, 2018).…”